Excerpt from HISTORY OF KENTUCKY by William Elsey Connelley:
Eugene R. ATTKISSON, a prominent member of the Louisville Bar, is a lawyer of fine attainments, with a large practice, and is also a man of broad culture and of the highest social standing.
Mr. Attkisson was born in Madison County, Tennessee, October 31, 1873, son of John Rufus and Elizabeth M. (Lanier) Attkisson. His grandparents came to Tennessee from Virginia. In the paternal line his English and Scotch ancestry included a number of ministers and lawyers. Through his mother he is of French and Irish stock, and that branch of the family included several physicians and individuals of literary and artistic taste. In his ancestry might be found soldiers in the Revolutionary, Mexican and Civil wars.
Concerning his father, who was a prominent physician and planter, the following is copied from the Conferedate Veteran of Nashville: "Dr. J. R. Attkisson answered the last roll call at his home in Lavinia, Tennessee, on December 29, 1905. He was born in Carroll County, January 8, 1845, and enlisted as a Confederate soldier in Company B, Fifty-fifth Tennessee Infantry, in July, 1861. His first service was at Columbus, Kentucky, and he was in the fort on the bluff during the battle of Belmont, Missouri. When Columbus was evacuated he went with his regiment to Island No. 10, and at the surrender of that place they were sent to a northern prison (Madison Wisconsin). After several months he was exchanged and was in all the fighting around Vicksburg, Port Hudson and Jackson, Mississippi. His regiment was made a part of the Army of the Tennessee at Dalton, Georgia, and until the 28th of July 1864, he was in that memorable campaign of skirmishing and fighting in front of Atlanta, where he received a wound which rendered him unfit for field service. He was placed on hospital service and remained in that until the close o't the war. He then returned home, studied medicine. and was graduated from the Nashville Medical School in the spring of 1867. From the date of graduation he practiced his profession in his native town and surrounding country until his death, and was considered one of the best posted physicians of the state.
" Doctor Attkisson was married to Miss Bettie Lanier in 1867, and his wife, two sons and three daughters are left. He was a charter member of Preston Smith Camp U.C.V. of Lavinia, of which he was a commander from its organization. He was also a prominent Mason and a consistent member of the church, leaving to his family a heritage of good deeds."
Eugene R. Attkisson was reared at the old home at Lavinia, Tennessee, and acquired a classical and professional education by contact with several leading colleges and universities. He attended Dixon Normal College, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Tennessee, from which lie received his Master of Arts degree in 1898. Mr. Attkisson holds his law degree from the University of Louisville, graduating in 1901, since which year he has been in active practice. In the meantime for seven years he was an instructor in Latin, Greek, German and French in various schools and colleges. During his professional career he also acted as professor of Kentucky Civil Code in the post-graduate course of the Jefferson School of Law.
Mr. Attkisson has offices on the thirteenth floor of the Lincoln Bank Building. Besides his law practice he is a director in the Henry Vogt Machine Company and in several mercantile corporations. He is a member of the Louisville, Kentucky State and American Bar Associations, a member of the Board of Trade and Kappa Sigma fraternity, and president of the Louisville Alumni Association. He is affiliated with Lewis Lodge of Masons, King Solomon's Chapter, R. A. M., Louisville Council, R. & S. M., the Order of Rameses, DeMolay Commandery, K. T., the 32d degree of Scottish Rite and Kosair Temple of the Mystic Shrine and St. Barnabas Conclave, Knights of Constantine. He is also affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, Knights and Ladies of Security, and the Woodmen of the World. He is a member of the Filson, Pendennis and Louisville Country clubs, is a Methodist, and in politics a democrat.
Mr. Attkisson and family reside at 1441 Third Avenue, Louisville. In 1901 he married Grace C. Dorney, daughter of William M. and Fannie Dorney, of Baltimore, Maryland. Their two children are William Rufus and Frances Lanier Attkisson.
Eugene R. ATTKISSON, a prominent member of the Louisville Bar, is a lawyer of fine attainments, with a large practice, and is also a man of broad culture and of the highest social standing.
Mr. Attkisson was born in Madison County, Tennessee, October 31, 1873, son of John Rufus and Elizabeth M. (Lanier) Attkisson. His grandparents came to Tennessee from Virginia. In the paternal line his English and Scotch ancestry included a number of ministers and lawyers. Through his mother he is of French and Irish stock, and that branch of the family included several physicians and individuals of literary and artistic taste. In his ancestry might be found soldiers in the Revolutionary, Mexican and Civil wars.
Concerning his father, who was a prominent physician and planter, the following is copied from the Conferedate Veteran of Nashville: "Dr. J. R. Attkisson answered the last roll call at his home in Lavinia, Tennessee, on December 29, 1905. He was born in Carroll County, January 8, 1845, and enlisted as a Confederate soldier in Company B, Fifty-fifth Tennessee Infantry, in July, 1861. His first service was at Columbus, Kentucky, and he was in the fort on the bluff during the battle of Belmont, Missouri. When Columbus was evacuated he went with his regiment to Island No. 10, and at the surrender of that place they were sent to a northern prison (Madison Wisconsin). After several months he was exchanged and was in all the fighting around Vicksburg, Port Hudson and Jackson, Mississippi. His regiment was made a part of the Army of the Tennessee at Dalton, Georgia, and until the 28th of July 1864, he was in that memorable campaign of skirmishing and fighting in front of Atlanta, where he received a wound which rendered him unfit for field service. He was placed on hospital service and remained in that until the close o't the war. He then returned home, studied medicine. and was graduated from the Nashville Medical School in the spring of 1867. From the date of graduation he practiced his profession in his native town and surrounding country until his death, and was considered one of the best posted physicians of the state.
" Doctor Attkisson was married to Miss Bettie Lanier in 1867, and his wife, two sons and three daughters are left. He was a charter member of Preston Smith Camp U.C.V. of Lavinia, of which he was a commander from its organization. He was also a prominent Mason and a consistent member of the church, leaving to his family a heritage of good deeds."
Eugene R. Attkisson was reared at the old home at Lavinia, Tennessee, and acquired a classical and professional education by contact with several leading colleges and universities. He attended Dixon Normal College, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Tennessee, from which lie received his Master of Arts degree in 1898. Mr. Attkisson holds his law degree from the University of Louisville, graduating in 1901, since which year he has been in active practice. In the meantime for seven years he was an instructor in Latin, Greek, German and French in various schools and colleges. During his professional career he also acted as professor of Kentucky Civil Code in the post-graduate course of the Jefferson School of Law.
Mr. Attkisson has offices on the thirteenth floor of the Lincoln Bank Building. Besides his law practice he is a director in the Henry Vogt Machine Company and in several mercantile corporations. He is a member of the Louisville, Kentucky State and American Bar Associations, a member of the Board of Trade and Kappa Sigma fraternity, and president of the Louisville Alumni Association. He is affiliated with Lewis Lodge of Masons, King Solomon's Chapter, R. A. M., Louisville Council, R. & S. M., the Order of Rameses, DeMolay Commandery, K. T., the 32d degree of Scottish Rite and Kosair Temple of the Mystic Shrine and St. Barnabas Conclave, Knights of Constantine. He is also affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, Knights and Ladies of Security, and the Woodmen of the World. He is a member of the Filson, Pendennis and Louisville Country clubs, is a Methodist, and in politics a democrat.
Mr. Attkisson and family reside at 1441 Third Avenue, Louisville. In 1901 he married Grace C. Dorney, daughter of William M. and Fannie Dorney, of Baltimore, Maryland. Their two children are William Rufus and Frances Lanier Attkisson.
Excerpt from HISTORY OF KENTUCKY by William Elsey Connelley:
Eugene R. ATTKISSON, a prominent member of the Louisville Bar, is a lawyer of fine attainments, with a large practice, and is also a man of broad culture and of the highest social standing.
Mr. Attkisson was born in Madison County, Tennessee, October 31, 1873, son of John Rufus and Elizabeth M. (Lanier) Attkisson. His grandparents came to Tennessee from Virginia. In the paternal line his English and Scotch ancestry included a number of ministers and lawyers. Through his mother he is of French and Irish stock, and that branch of the family included several physicians and individuals of literary and artistic taste. In his ancestry might be found soldiers in the Revolutionary, Mexican and Civil wars.
Concerning his father, who was a prominent physician and planter, the following is copied from the Conferedate Veteran of Nashville: "Dr. J. R. Attkisson answered the last roll call at his home in Lavinia, Tennessee, on December 29, 1905. He was born in Carroll County, January 8, 1845, and enlisted as a Confederate soldier in Company B, Fifty-fifth Tennessee Infantry, in July, 1861. His first service was at Columbus, Kentucky, and he was in the fort on the bluff during the battle of Belmont, Missouri. When Columbus was evacuated he went with his regiment to Island No. 10, and at the surrender of that place they were sent to a northern prison (Madison Wisconsin). After several months he was exchanged and was in all the fighting around Vicksburg, Port Hudson and Jackson, Mississippi. His regiment was made a part of the Army of the Tennessee at Dalton, Georgia, and until the 28th of July 1864, he was in that memorable campaign of skirmishing and fighting in front of Atlanta, where he received a wound which rendered him unfit for field service. He was placed on hospital service and remained in that until the close o't the war. He then returned home, studied medicine. and was graduated from the Nashville Medical School in the spring of 1867. From the date of graduation he practiced his profession in his native town and surrounding country until his death, and was considered one of the best posted physicians of the state.
" Doctor Attkisson was married to Miss Bettie Lanier in 1867, and his wife, two sons and three daughters are left. He was a charter member of Preston Smith Camp U.C.V. of Lavinia, of which he was a commander from its organization. He was also a prominent Mason and a consistent member of the church, leaving to his family a heritage of good deeds."
Eugene R. Attkisson was reared at the old home at Lavinia, Tennessee, and acquired a classical and professional education by contact with several leading colleges and universities. He attended Dixon Normal College, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Tennessee, from which lie received his Master of Arts degree in 1898. Mr. Attkisson holds his law degree from the University of Louisville, graduating in 1901, since which year he has been in active practice. In the meantime for seven years he was an instructor in Latin, Greek, German and French in various schools and colleges. During his professional career he also acted as professor of Kentucky Civil Code in the post-graduate course of the Jefferson School of Law.
Mr. Attkisson has offices on the thirteenth floor of the Lincoln Bank Building. Besides his law practice he is a director in the Henry Vogt Machine Company and in several mercantile corporations. He is a member of the Louisville, Kentucky State and American Bar Associations, a member of the Board of Trade and Kappa Sigma fraternity, and president of the Louisville Alumni Association. He is affiliated with Lewis Lodge of Masons, King Solomon's Chapter, R. A. M., Louisville Council, R. & S. M., the Order of Rameses, DeMolay Commandery, K. T., the 32d degree of Scottish Rite and Kosair Temple of the Mystic Shrine and St. Barnabas Conclave, Knights of Constantine. He is also affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, Knights and Ladies of Security, and the Woodmen of the World. He is a member of the Filson, Pendennis and Louisville Country clubs, is a Methodist, and in politics a democrat.
Mr. Attkisson and family reside at 1441 Third Avenue, Louisville. In 1901 he married Grace C. Dorney, daughter of William M. and Fannie Dorney, of Baltimore, Maryland. Their two children are William Rufus and Frances Lanier Attkisson.
Eugene R. ATTKISSON, a prominent member of the Louisville Bar, is a lawyer of fine attainments, with a large practice, and is also a man of broad culture and of the highest social standing.
Mr. Attkisson was born in Madison County, Tennessee, October 31, 1873, son of John Rufus and Elizabeth M. (Lanier) Attkisson. His grandparents came to Tennessee from Virginia. In the paternal line his English and Scotch ancestry included a number of ministers and lawyers. Through his mother he is of French and Irish stock, and that branch of the family included several physicians and individuals of literary and artistic taste. In his ancestry might be found soldiers in the Revolutionary, Mexican and Civil wars.
Concerning his father, who was a prominent physician and planter, the following is copied from the Conferedate Veteran of Nashville: "Dr. J. R. Attkisson answered the last roll call at his home in Lavinia, Tennessee, on December 29, 1905. He was born in Carroll County, January 8, 1845, and enlisted as a Confederate soldier in Company B, Fifty-fifth Tennessee Infantry, in July, 1861. His first service was at Columbus, Kentucky, and he was in the fort on the bluff during the battle of Belmont, Missouri. When Columbus was evacuated he went with his regiment to Island No. 10, and at the surrender of that place they were sent to a northern prison (Madison Wisconsin). After several months he was exchanged and was in all the fighting around Vicksburg, Port Hudson and Jackson, Mississippi. His regiment was made a part of the Army of the Tennessee at Dalton, Georgia, and until the 28th of July 1864, he was in that memorable campaign of skirmishing and fighting in front of Atlanta, where he received a wound which rendered him unfit for field service. He was placed on hospital service and remained in that until the close o't the war. He then returned home, studied medicine. and was graduated from the Nashville Medical School in the spring of 1867. From the date of graduation he practiced his profession in his native town and surrounding country until his death, and was considered one of the best posted physicians of the state.
" Doctor Attkisson was married to Miss Bettie Lanier in 1867, and his wife, two sons and three daughters are left. He was a charter member of Preston Smith Camp U.C.V. of Lavinia, of which he was a commander from its organization. He was also a prominent Mason and a consistent member of the church, leaving to his family a heritage of good deeds."
Eugene R. Attkisson was reared at the old home at Lavinia, Tennessee, and acquired a classical and professional education by contact with several leading colleges and universities. He attended Dixon Normal College, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Tennessee, from which lie received his Master of Arts degree in 1898. Mr. Attkisson holds his law degree from the University of Louisville, graduating in 1901, since which year he has been in active practice. In the meantime for seven years he was an instructor in Latin, Greek, German and French in various schools and colleges. During his professional career he also acted as professor of Kentucky Civil Code in the post-graduate course of the Jefferson School of Law.
Mr. Attkisson has offices on the thirteenth floor of the Lincoln Bank Building. Besides his law practice he is a director in the Henry Vogt Machine Company and in several mercantile corporations. He is a member of the Louisville, Kentucky State and American Bar Associations, a member of the Board of Trade and Kappa Sigma fraternity, and president of the Louisville Alumni Association. He is affiliated with Lewis Lodge of Masons, King Solomon's Chapter, R. A. M., Louisville Council, R. & S. M., the Order of Rameses, DeMolay Commandery, K. T., the 32d degree of Scottish Rite and Kosair Temple of the Mystic Shrine and St. Barnabas Conclave, Knights of Constantine. He is also affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, Knights and Ladies of Security, and the Woodmen of the World. He is a member of the Filson, Pendennis and Louisville Country clubs, is a Methodist, and in politics a democrat.
Mr. Attkisson and family reside at 1441 Third Avenue, Louisville. In 1901 he married Grace C. Dorney, daughter of William M. and Fannie Dorney, of Baltimore, Maryland. Their two children are William Rufus and Frances Lanier Attkisson.
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